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spurt
English
Alternative forms
- spirt
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spû(r)t, IPA(key): /sp??(r)t/
- (General American) enPR: spûrt, IPA(key): /sp?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Etymology 1
From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Verb
spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
Synonyms
- spout
Translations
Noun
spurt (plural spurts)
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)
- Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.
- 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)
- (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.
Noun
spurt (plural spurts)
- A moment, a short period of time.
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre
- He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.
- 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre
Derived terms
- growth spurt
Translations
Verb
spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
- The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
- The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.
Translations
Anagrams
- Prust, turps
Danish
Etymology
From English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spu?rt/, [sb?u???d?]
Noun
spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)
- spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)
Inflection
Related terms
- slutspurt
- spurte
Verb
spurt
- imperative of spurte
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?rt/
- Hyphenation: spurt
- Rhymes: -?rt
Noun
spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)
- spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling
Related terms
- spurten
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp????/
Verb
spurt
- supine form of spyrja
Noun
spurt
- indefinite accusative singular of spurtur
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
spurt
- past participle of spørre
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
spurt
- neuter past participle of spørja and spørje
Swedish
Etymology
From English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?rt/
Noun
spurt (c)
- spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)
Inflection
Related terms
- slutspurt
- spurtsträcka
- spurta
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succession
English
Etymology
From Old French succession, from Latin successio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s?k?s??.?n/
Noun
succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)
- An act of following in sequence.
- A sequence of things in order.
- A passing of royal powers.
- A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
- A race or series of descendants.
- (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
- A right to take possession.
- (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
- (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Synonyms
- (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
- (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence
Derived terms
- successional
- successionary
Related terms
- successive
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syk.s?.sj??/
Noun
succession f (plural successions)
- succession
- Series
- Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
Derived terms
- droits de succession
Further reading
- “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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